THE SWEDISH NETWORK FOR EUROPEAN LEGAL STUDIES (SNELS)
IS PROUD TO INVITE YOU TO A CONFERENCE ON:
Collective Redress in Europe
Emerging Practices and Remaining Dilemmas
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
November 6, 2025
Berns, Spegelsalen
Näckströmsgatan 8, Stockholm
CONFERENCE OUTLINE
CONFERENCE OUTLINE
In 2020, the European Union adopted the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (RAD) for the protection of the collective
interests of consumers. Member States were under obligation to implement the RAD by December 2022 and its provisions apply
from June 2023. A number of Member States were late in the transposition of the Directive, prompting the Commission to initiate
several infringement proceedings. However, by now, all Member States have put in place the necessary measures and interested actors
have started to use the relevant national mechanisms for collective redress. The time is therefore ripe for an assessment of the emerging
practices and the remaining dilemmas for collective action in Europe.
This conference gathers leading European academics and practitioners working in the area of collective redress. The
conference aims at mapping emerging practices of application of the Directive in Member States. The Directive takes a minimum
harmonization approach. Hence, it leaves space for considerable diversity in national regimes for collective redress. The conference
will therefore discuss the optimal design of representative actions.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of different models for collective action? In addition, what are legal and practical factors
(e.g. with respect to funding) that influence the intensity and success of collective action in specific national jurisdictions?
Although the Directive is focused on the collective interests of consumers, the question of collective redress is highly relevant in a
number of other substantive fields, such as data protection, competition law and environmental protection. The conference will
therefore take a broader look at collective and representative actions beyond the domain of consumer protection.
